Christie’s New York auction of Old Master & British Drawings is a pillar of New York’s Masters Week in the last week of January. Most of the Old Masters were Italian.
New York auctions are accompanied by free museum-quality exhibitions. They are a great education in art history and the art market.
Christie’s Old Master & British Drawings auction (January 2018)
The auction is selling 94 lots of Old Masters and British drawings.
The auction exhibition is Friday – Monday, January 26 – 29, 2018 from 10 am – 5 pm (opens at 1 pm on Sunday).
The auction is Tuesday, January 30 at 10 am.
Furio Rinaldi is the New York Associate Specialist for Old Master Drawings.
Latin Highlights in Christie’s Old Master & British Drawings Auction
Pietro Buonaccorsi
Called Perino del Vaga
Florence 1501 – 1547 Rome
Lot 4
Jupiter handing a newborn boy to Diana
Estimate USD $150,000 – $200,000
Price realized: $708,500
Giorgio Vasari
Arezzo 1511 – 1574 Florence
Lot 14
The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist and Saint Anne
Estimate USD $80,000 – $120,000
Mattia Preti
Taverna 1613 – 1699 Valletta
Lot 18
A young man kneeling with a basket
Estimate $40,000 – $60,000
Giovanni Battista Gaulli
Called il Baciccio
Genoa 1639 – 1709 Roma
Lot 26
God the Father and the dead Christ
Estimate $20,000 – $30,000
Price realized: $32,500
Giuseppe Cesari
Called Cavaliere d’Arpino
Arpino 1568 – 1640 Rome
Lot 27
Diana and Actaeon
Estimate $400,000 – $600,000
Price realized: $492,500
Pietro Testa
Lucca 1611 – 1650 Rome
Lot 43
Studies for a young woman turned to the right (recto);
Studies for her head in profile and left hand (verso)
Estimate $30,000 – $50,000
Price realized: $25,000
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Venice 1727 – 1804
Tiepolo created 104 sketches of Punchinello, the main character in the commedia dell’arte theatrical form which we know today as Punch and Judy, slapstick, and American politics.
Lot 50
The nursing of Punchinello
Estimate $600,000 – $1,000,000
Lot 54
The Holy Family entering Memphis
Estimate $70,000 – $100,000
Price realized: $85,000
Rosalba Carriera
Venice 1675 – 1757
Lot 59
Portrait of a young gentleman, half-length, in a brown coat, turned to the right
Estimate $60,000 – $80,000
Price realized: $62,500
Claude Gillot
Langres 1673 – 1722 Paris
Lot 70
Study for Scaramouche, his arms outstretched
Estimate $50,000 – $70,000
Price realized: $62,500
François Boucher
Paris 1703 – 1770
Lot 74
A triton blowing, his arms outstretched
Estimate $30,000 – $50,000
François-André Vincent
Paris 1746 – 1816
Lot 77
The Temple of Vesta, Tivoli
Estimate $40,000 – $60,000
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Tournus 1725 – 1805 Paris
Lot 78
Head of a girl with her eyes downcast (study for The marriage contract)
Estimate $150,000 – $250,000
Price realized: $150,000
Giuseppe Bezzuoli
Florence 1784 – 1855
Lot 79
Folly driving the chariot of Love
Estimate $50,000 – $80,000
Price realized: $275,000
Pierre-Paul Prud’hon
Cluny 1758 – 1823 Paris
Lot 88
A putto kneeling (study for L’Attention)
Estimate $40,000 – $60,000
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